Journalism

• Resources
• Research strategies
• Writing and citing

Resources for Journalism

• Definitions, facts, figures and overviews
• Books and more
• Subject readings
• Journal articles
• Internet sites

• Newspapers

Journalism definitions, facts, figures and overviews

• Dictionaries help you to define your keywords
• Encyclopedias help you to get an overview of your topic and provide more information than a dictionary
• Handbooks and manuals provide figures and facts

Online dictionaries and encyclopedias

Print dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks

To find additional reference items

1. Search the Library Catalogue
2. Select advanced keyword search
3. Combine a broad keyword AND the word dictionar**
   
   communication AND dictionar**
   
   communication AND encycloped**
   
   
4. To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
   
   e.g. journali** will retrieve journalism, journalist, journalists
   

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Journalism books and more

Search the Library Catalogue to find books, videos, CDs, DVDs

If you know the exact title

1. Select title search
2. Type in the exact title
3. Check the location, call number and status boxes to find the item in the Library collection

If you don't have an exact title OR only have a topic area

1. Select advanced keyword search
2. Type in keywords from your topic
3. Combine your keywords with AND to find catalogue records that contain all of your keywords
   
   e.g. journalism AND internet
   
   
4. To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
   
   e.g. journali** will retrieve journalism, journalist, journalists

Catalogue search tips:

• Too many hits? Add another keyword e.g. journalism AND internet AND publishing
  OR
  Use the limit functions in advanced keyword search e.g. limit by publication date, format, location
• Found a useful title? Click on the subject headings to find similar material
• Studying at a different UOW campus? Use an advanced keyword search and limit by location

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Journalism journal articles

Search a database to find journal articles, book chapters, book reviews, conference papers, dissertations, newspapers and research reports.

Try these first:

Complete list of Creative Arts databases

Found a useful reference?

Some databases do not provide the fulltext of the article. To locate these articles, you will need to search the catalogue to determine if the Library holds the journal title(s) either in print or electronically on another database.

Database search tips:

• Break your topic into keywords and/or phrases. The search strategy worksheet will help you
• Consider alternative keywords or spelling variations
• To narrow your search combine your keywords with AND to find records that contain all your keywords
  
  e.g. journalism AND internet
  
  
• To broaden your search combine your keywords with OR to find records that contain either of your keywords
  
  e.g. internet OR world wide web
  
  
• Use truncation to retrieve variations of your keyword. Symbols vary between databases
  
  e.g. journali** will retrieve journalism, journalist, journalists
  
  
• Found a useful reference? Use the subject headings to find similar material
• Use library database tips or the database help screens for tips on how to search

More information: Finding Journal Articles Tutorial

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Journalism Internet sites

It is important to critically evaluate all information found on the Web.

Try the following sites as a starting point. (faclib can order as appropriate )

• Environmental Journalism
• Legal Information
• Media
• Organisations
• Professional Associations
• Directories
• Search engines
• UOW sites

Environmental Journalism

• Environmental Journalism Home Page
  Lots of interesting and useful links although strong USA focus.

Legal Information

• Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII)
  Provides access to a wide range of Australian Acts of Parliament, Rules and Regulations as well as cases from a wide range of courts.

Media

• ABC Online
• ABC NewsRadio
• SBS - Dateline
• SBS - The World News

Organisations

• Australia Press Council
• • Australian Press Council - Statement of Principals
• Australian Centre of Independent Journalism
• Journalism.Org - The state of the News Media

Professional Associations

• Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance

Directories

Directories organise Internet resources by subject. The information provided in directories is created, arranged and maintained by people rather than machines.

• Journalism Resources
  Compiled by Karla Tonella, from the University of Iowa, this site contains links for academic and professional journalists.
• Journalist's Guide to the Internet
  Developed by Christopher Callahan, associate dean of the University of Maryland's College of Journalism and senior editor of American Journalism Review.
• Librarians' Index to the Internet - News, Media & Magazines
• Ozguide: Internet information sources for Australian Journalists
  Use this site to find net based sources of Australian facts and figures.
  • journoz - updates for Australian journalists

Search engines

Search engines create databases using computer programs called 'spiders', 'robots' or 'crawlers' that trawl the web and other Internet sites and return results to the database.

Try these first:

• AlltheWeb
• Altavista
• Google Scholar
• Other search engines and directories

UOW sites

• School of Journalism and Creative Writing
• AsiaPacific MediaEducator (APME)
• Faculty of Creative Arts

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Last reviewed: 4 July, 2007